1996–97 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur
1996–97 season
Chairman	Alan Sugar
Manager	Gerry Francis
Stadium	White Hart Lane
Premiership	10th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Sheringham (7); All: Sheringham (8)
Highest home attendance	33,040 vs Leeds United ; (15 Mar 1997, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	20,080 vs Preston North End ; (25 Sep 1996, League Cup)

During the 1996–97 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

For two seasons running, Tottenham narrowly missed out on a UEFA Cup place. 1996-97 could have been the season when Gerry Francis finally got it right and secured either a top-five finish or victory in one of the cups, but early exits from the FA Cup and Coca-Cola Cup ended their chances of a Wembley final, and a 10th-place finish in the final table was the club's lowest since Francis took over in November 1994. This disappointment saw the manager's future thrown into serious doubt, with fans calling for him to be dismissed.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Wimbledon	38	15	11	12	49	46	+3	56
9	Leicester City	38	12	11	15	46	54	−8	47	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	7	18	44	51	−7	46
11	Leeds United	38	11	13	14	28	38	−10	46
12	Derby County	38	11	13	14	45	58	−13	46

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Leicester City qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	13	7	18	44	51	−7	46	8	4	7	19	17	+2	5	3	11	25	34	−9

Source: Statto

Results by matchday

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L
Position	3	6	8	12	13	11	12	14	11	8	9	8	7	9	11	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	11	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-0	26,960	Armstrong (2)
21 August 1996	Derby County	H	1-1	28,219	Sheringham
24 August 1996	Everton	H	0-0	29,669
4 September 1996	Wimbledon	A	0-1	17,306
7 September 1996	Newcastle United	H	1-2	32,594	Allen
14 September 1996	Southampton	A	1-0	15,251	Armstrong (pen)
22 September 1996	Leicester City	H	1-2	24,159	Wilson (pen)
29 September 1996	Manchester United	A	0-2	54,943
12 October 1996	Aston Villa	H	1-0	32,840	Nielsen
19 October 1996	Middlesbrough	A	3-0	30,215	Sheringham (2), Fox
26 October 1996	Chelsea	A	1-3	28,318	Armstrong
2 November 1996	West Ham United	H	1-0	32,975	Armstrong
16 November 1996	Sunderland	H	2-0	31,867	Sinton, Sheringham
24 November 1996	Arsenal	A	1-3	38,264	Sinton
2 December 1996	Liverpool	H	0-2	32,899
7 December 1996	Coventry City	A	2-1	19,656	Sheringham, Sinton
14 December 1996	Leeds United	A	0-0	33,783
21 December 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	30,996	Nielsen
26 December 1996	Southampton	H	3-1	30,549	Iversen (2), Nielsen
28 December 1996	Newcastle United	A	1-7	36,308	Nielsen
12 January 1997	Manchester United	H	1-2	33,026	Allen
19 January 1997	Nottingham Forest	A	1-2	27,303	Sinton
29 January 1997	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-1	22,943	Iversen, Sinton
1 February 1997	Chelsea	H	1-2	33,027	Howells
15 February 1997	Arsenal	H	0-0	33,039
24 February 1997	West Ham United	A	3-4	23,998	Sheringham, Anderton, Howells
1 March 1997	Nottingham Forest	H	0-1	32,805
4 March 1997	Sunderland	A	4-0	20,729	Iversen (3), Nielsen
15 March 1997	Leeds United	H	1-0	33,040	Anderton
19 March 1997	Leicester City	A	1-1	20,563	Sheringham
22 March 1997	Derby County	A	2-4	18,083	Rosenthal, Dozzell
5 April 1997	Wimbledon	H	1-0	32,654	Dozzell
9 April 1997	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	22,671	Nielsen
12 April 1997	Everton	A	0-1	36,380
19 April 1997	Aston Villa	A	1-1	39,339	Vega
24 April 1997	Middlesbrough	H	1-0	29,940	Sinton
3 May 1997	Liverpool	A	1-2	40,003	Anderton
11 May 1997	Coventry City	H	1-2	33,029	McVeigh

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1997	Manchester United	A	0-2	52,495

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	17 September 1996	Preston North End	A	1-1	16,258	Anderton
R2 2nd Leg	25 September 1996	Preston North End	H	3-0 (won 4-1 on agg)	20,080	Anderton, Allen (2)
R3	23 October 1996	Sunderland	H	2-1	24,867	Armstrong, Campbell
R4	27 November 1996	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-6	18,621	Sheringham

Squad

[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ian Walker
2	DF	Dean Austin
3	DF	Justin Edinburgh
4	MF	David Howells
5	DF	Colin Calderwood
6	DF	Gary Mabbutt (captain)
7	MF	Ruel Fox
8	MF	Allan Nielsen
9	MF	Darren Anderton
10	FW	Teddy Sheringham
11	FW	Chris Armstrong
12	MF	Jason Dozzell
13	GK	Espen Baardsen
14	MF	Stuart Nethercott
15	DF	Clive Wilson
16	FW	Ronny Rosenthal
17	DF	John Scales

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Steffen Iversen
19	MF	Paul McVeigh
20	FW	Neale Fenn
21	MF	Danny Hill
22	DF	David Kerslake (on loan to Swindon Town)
23	DF	Sol Campbell
24	DF	Ramon Vega
25	DF	Stephen Carr
26	FW	Paul Mahorn
27	MF	Andy Sinton
28	DF	Jamie Clapham
29	FW	Rory Allen
30	MF	Simon Webb
31	GK	Simon Brown
32	MF	Garry Brady
34	DF	Mark Arber

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
17		MF	Andy Turner (to Portsmouth)
18		MF	Gerry McMahon (to Stoke City)

No.		Position	Player
19		DF	Kevin Scott (to Norwich City)
24		DF	Jason Cundy (to Ipswich Town)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Stephen Clemence
-	MF	Peter Gain
-	MF	Mark Gower

No.		Position	Player
-		MF	Simon Spencer
-		MF	Simon Wormull

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Gerry Francis
Assistant manager	Chris Hughton

Source:

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1996-1997/faprem/tottenha.htm

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[table_note_res_LEI0.16018402723604-1] Leicester City qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1996-1997/faprem/tottenha.htm